Paid online subscriptions

I have always preferred to read news articles (and anything else) for free on the Internet. For me, it isn't about the price. It is about not wanting anyone else to have my name, email address (or phone number, state I live in or address).

However, more and more I am stopped from reading publications online unless I pay $1 or more a month and sign up for their subscription service. Though these publications might need the money to continue hiring writers and to keep publishing ongoing.

However, for me, I would either rather read online for free and paying my Internet Cable fee or go out and buy a magazine for cash where I don't have to give anyone my name and address or just subscribe to a print magazine that comes in the mail like I do Time magazine.

So, I can see there are many people like me who might have the money to subscribe online but prefer not to do it that way. So, the way the Internet is going I think it is either going to die outright or it is going to morph into something most people don't want or need.